Is the Aria worth it?

[KaraLisa]

I would be the only one able to use it, as hubby is over the weight limit. 😕 But it looks so cool!!

[clo]

Oh I need one of those too! lol

(The water bottle)

[Dominique]

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@clo wrote:

With the Aria I can't cheat.  I love trends and numbers and it is kind of fun.

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Actually, you can cheat: for instance, step in on the scale ten times in a row; then, in the mobile app (or in your Dashboard), delete all values except the very best. Or if none of them are to your liking, delete them all!

Since you love trends, I’d like to mention (in case you’re not aware of it) a free service called TrendWeight. I only recently learned about it, and it’s very handy indeed. You can link your Fitbit account to it, and it will plot your data in a smarter and more legible way than Fitbit does. For examples of what it does, see this other topic. 

[clo]

Thank you Dominique!  Or maybe you shouldn't have shared that with me. LOL

Is there anyway I can put Trendweight on my PC? My phone is an Android and that app is not available. There is Libra but I don't think it connects to Fitbit.

Your graph is most impressive!!

[Dominique]

@clo: TrendWeight is not an app you would install on your smartphone. Once you have created yourself a free TrendWeight account, just go to your TrendWeight Settings and you will be able to able to link both accounts.

Here is what I can see in my TrendWeight settings:

 

Likewise, here is what I see in my Fitbit settings (under Applications):

Once Fitbit and TrendWeight are linked to each other, you can access TrendWeight on any device, including your smartphone: just open www.trendweight.com in your browser. Here is what it looks like in Chrome on my Android smartphone:

[Selena1979]

YES!!

I love our's and using it regularly really helps you to track you progress and maintain an awareness early on if you should get off track!

[clo]

 @Dominique Thank you for suggesting Trendweight! I have it all set up on my computer and it is linked. And I love it!  It is exactly what I need to keep me motivated. Everyone should give this a try as I think this is a powerful tool in any weight loss journey.

[HelenaFitbit]

@Dominique TrendWeight is my guilty conscience in an app. I even stopped weighing in at home and chose to weigh in with my nutriologist every 2 weeks. When it's good, it's really good! When it's not... 

[Dominique]

You’re welcome! Credit actually goes to @fraserkr, who mentioned it recently on the Aria help forum. I wasn’t aware of it previously.

I’ve found it especially useful lately for making sense of my body fat data, which has been (seemingly) erratic in April, after being very consistent previously:

Shows me the trend is still downward (just wish it were steeper!)

[Dominique]

@HelenaFitbit: how could you do this to your Aria, poor thing 

I haven’t been using TrendWeight for a long time, but so far it’s been working for me. I hope it will continue to do so, as I don’t have the luxury of having my own nutriologist!

[KatieBearLOL]

Quick question -- if you have more than one FitBit users in the household, does the scale know to log my weight for me and my husband's weight for him? Is there a "person" selection you can do prior to stepping on the scale to make sure it goes to the right profile?

[USAF-Larry]

Yes, it works for more than one person. It detects the person's profile when he/she steps on the scale. You need WiFi to set up the scale, BTW - this is the problem most people run into when trying to set it up.

[Dominique]

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@KatieBearLOL wrote:

Quick question -- if you have more than one FitBit users in the household, does the scale know to log my weight for me and my husband's weight for him? Is there a "person" selection you can do prior to stepping on the scale to make sure it goes to the right profile?

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If your weight and body fat % are different enough from each other (often the case if one of you is male and the other female), your Aria should be able to tell you apart. If it is not sure, it will ask you to tell it who are are: you can browse through the users registered on the scale by "tapping" (= pressing firmly) on it with your foot, until your name is displayed.

[nicholewertz]

I am absolutely disgusted right now.  I bought an Aria this past Sunday & was suuuuper excited about it.  It took forever to sync & set up, but seemed to be awesome.  I added my fiance as a user.  Again, getting him connected took a bit, but once he was in, we were both very happy.  Then...yesterday.

For no reason, it dumped him off & then dumped me.  I was on hold with customer service for about 30 minutes.  When they answered, I was told to "calibrate" the scale...this means weighing myself 4 times.  It seemed okay after that.  He weighed in as well just to make sure we were good.

This morning, I went to weigh in & I'm no longer listed on the scale...only him.

I call back to customer service & am told that the scale has to be within 10 ft of my WiFi router at all times or I am going to continue having these issues.  Really???  So basically, I need to have my WiFi router moved from the study into my bedroom to accommodate a scale? 

This was a total waste of $130 & it's going back to the store today.  Totally sucks.

[SunsetRunner]

very easy to cheat yourself, whilst weighing yourself, just put your hand on a chair/table to make yourself lighter

not much point though, if you are going to cheat yourself, when you forget and weigh yourself properly, you will get upset because you have gained weight, when in realiaty, you may have lost weight, but not more than the amount when you cheated, but because the number is higher, you will be thinking you have gained weight

[msmith3022]

The scale is good but don't expect it to last much longer  than the warranty   Once my warranty expired I had problems with ERR display instead of weight readout.  No help from customer service because the warrenty expired.  In researching problem on Internet, I found that this problem was so common.  With same stories , always after warrenty expires and  no help from Fitbit customer service.  I would definitely advise anyone to research and compare before making this purchase